Reminder that there is a lecture by a professor at the Glasgow School of Art about the Glasgow School of Art and public art. When I was in Glasgow I found it to be a lovely place: urban, alive, working class, friendly people and Charles Rennie MacIntosh's beautiful Glasgow School of Art.
The lecture is at 9:30am in CA 2033.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Chinese Art, In One Man's Translation- NY Times TH 9.7
There was a great article in the NY Times on Thursday titled, "Chinese Art, In One Man's Translation". Check it out on line at www.nytimes.com. Anyone with an email address containing ".edu" can access the Times Select portion of the the NY Times website and search articles back to 1981. The article I mention here has some great descriptions of what sounds like moving work. I am going to start posting the actual articles on the BB outside of CA 2015. I think it would be enjoyable to form a monthly discussion group where we (alumni and current students) get together at a place like Golden West to discuss things we read or saw over the previous month. Thoughts?
New York Times & Design
I recommend frequent visits to:
www.nytimes.com/design
Great on line slide shows associated with current articles.
Bookmark it and visit frequently. Your effectively doing your job as a designer/artist-in-training if you don't know what is happening in the world!
Read the NY Times regulalry and surf the Times' site regularly.
And Enjooooyyyy.
Metalsmithing On Line Discussion Group- University Level
Please join/subscribe to ACMET-L, Tyler School of Art's listserve discussion group.
The Tyler School of Art has strong art programs, and the Metals/Jewelry and CAD/CAM programs are very forward loking. You will benefit from reading and *participating* in these discussions. The list is underway for this school year and already there have been some interesting things discussed. ACMET-L is a way of expanding our learning opportunities, personally and for the field. Just like reading the Times regularly keeps you in touch with what is happening in the world, ACMET-L offers a way of keeping your finger on a different pulse. If you find yourself not appreciating the discussion that others put forward, then put subjects forward that are interesting to you. Our field needs strengthening; especially from the next round of practitioners.....there truly is no better time to start. Academic Metals Discussion List
For help, archives or management of your subscription go to:
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/acmet-l.html
It has been years since I subscribed, I believe you go to the site above, reply and put "subscribe" in the body of the email and hit send. Your email address is attached via the email itself. Do it now in case you have trouble, you won't miss too much. Work together: two heads are better (and more efficient) than one!
Do it today. I will be looking for your posts.
See you on ACMET-L,
Jan
The Tyler School of Art has strong art programs, and the Metals/Jewelry and CAD/CAM programs are very forward loking. You will benefit from reading and *participating* in these discussions. The list is underway for this school year and already there have been some interesting things discussed. ACMET-L is a way of expanding our learning opportunities, personally and for the field. Just like reading the Times regularly keeps you in touch with what is happening in the world, ACMET-L offers a way of keeping your finger on a different pulse. If you find yourself not appreciating the discussion that others put forward, then put subjects forward that are interesting to you. Our field needs strengthening; especially from the next round of practitioners.....there truly is no better time to start. Academic Metals Discussion List
For help, archives or management of your subscription go to:
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/acmet-l.html
It has been years since I subscribed, I believe you go to the site above, reply and put "subscribe" in the body of the email and hit send. Your email address is attached via the email itself. Do it now in case you have trouble, you won't miss too much. Work together: two heads are better (and more efficient) than one!
Do it today. I will be looking for your posts.
See you on ACMET-L,
Jan
Friday, September 7, 2007
AnAtomic Factory- Italian Design Collective
Great article in the Thursday Times about Ikeahackers which profiled the AnAtomic Factory design collective based in Florence, Italy. The Syn chair (red dots) reminds me of one of Anne's ideas from class on Thursday. Nata Vintage chair shares some ideological territory with the Droog mentality. It is functional+. Is it sculpture? Only if it isn't used for sitting. The tea bag idea is interesting and the image of the satchel open with all of the individual tea bags in place reminds me of beautiful Japanese packaging...gorgeous arrangements of elements. The pendant solves a frequent dilemma of integrating the hanging mechanisms with the object itself....here it is seamless. Lots of other great ideas on their website...check it out.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Johns Hopkins Library- Homewood Campus
The Johns Hopkins library on the Homewood campus has a lot of great books on contemporary art jewelry. Many feature European work. Not being part of JHU, we cannot check the books out but we can use them. JHU library has nice quality xerox machines. Do they have scanners? If you have a digital camera, you could snap images and save ink and trees. Old habits die hard. This is a nice neighborhood...a great place to get coffee and a treat for being dedicated to your studies.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Art Opp in Waverly
Hello Folks,
The email below is from a colleague if mine in the Education program at Towson. There are a few faculty at TU who went through a program together who are intersted in local civic enagagement. This is something I would like to involve alumni in as you are interested. Feel fre to propose ideas to us as well.
Thanks,
Jan
I’m somewhat involved in a project in my neighborhood, which involved acquiring a building for community activities, one idea for the building use is to have after school art programs for kids in the neighborhood, ages about 8-12, although it varies somewhat who actually shows up. Anyway, do you think there would be anyone at Towson who would be interested in teaching some after school classes in Waverly, maybe there’s a professor who requires his/her students to do a community arts project?
Thanks,
Cindy
Cynthia Hartzler-Miller, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Secondary Education
Towson University
8000 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21252
Phone: (410)704-4957
Fax: (410)704-2733
The email below is from a colleague if mine in the Education program at Towson. There are a few faculty at TU who went through a program together who are intersted in local civic enagagement. This is something I would like to involve alumni in as you are interested. Feel fre to propose ideas to us as well.
Thanks,
Jan
I’m somewhat involved in a project in my neighborhood, which involved acquiring a building for community activities, one idea for the building use is to have after school art programs for kids in the neighborhood, ages about 8-12, although it varies somewhat who actually shows up. Anyway, do you think there would be anyone at Towson who would be interested in teaching some after school classes in Waverly, maybe there’s a professor who requires his/her students to do a community arts project?
Thanks,
Cindy
Cynthia Hartzler-Miller, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Secondary Education
Towson University
8000 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21252
Phone: (410)704-4957
Fax: (410)704-2733
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